forest ranger

noun

: an officer charged with the patrolling and guarding of a forest
especially : one in charge of the management and protection of a portion of a public forest

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Mountain police, Europe’s equivalent of a forest ranger toting a police badge, often check a guide’s paperwork, and more than one hapless group has had its TMB trip stalled by the presence of non-licensed guides. Doug Mayer, Outside Online, 15 Feb. 2023 Jamie Seguerra, a forest ranger, said visitors ask her a few dozen times a day to disclose Methuselah’s location. Soumya Karlamangla Adam Perez, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2022 Tall and slender, a failed actor and eventual forest ranger, a Superman curl of dark hair falling to his forehead. Katie Gutierrez, Town & Country, 28 July 2022 For reasons that were completely hazy to me, the redheaded guard had brought in a gun-toting forest ranger and a very eager drug dog. Jeff Winkler, The Atlantic, 30 Dec. 2020 Rhode Island’s principal forest ranger, Ben Arnold, is worried about the drought extending into the fall. Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Rhode Island’s principal forest ranger, Ben Arnold, is worried about the drought extending into the fall. Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Rhode Island’s principal forest ranger, Ben Arnold, is worried about the drought extending into the fall. Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Rhode Island’s principal forest ranger, Ben Arnold, is worried about the drought extending into the fall. Jennifer Mcdermott, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2022 See More

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Word History

First Known Use

1830, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of forest ranger was in 1830

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“Forest ranger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/forest%20ranger. Accessed 25 Mar. 2023.

Kids Definition

forest ranger

noun
: a person in charge of the management and protection of a forest

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